Refrigerating A Cake With Royal Icing Detail
Decorating By melysa Updated 18 Feb 2007 , 5:33pm by melysa
I was told by my class instructor not to refridgerate royal icing. I was going to save my flowers by refridgerating them.
She said they would break down....by that time i had them in the fridge for about a week. Nothing happened.
that's just what I was told.....don't know from experience about a cake.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
They'll melt due to the moisture in the fridge. Speaking from experiance here.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD Idea.
right, i've always avoided it too.
this cake, i want to have a snail trail (round tip) border ...using royal because i want to paint it with luster dust, (as apposed to buttercream.) it will sit overnight in the fridge (fillings need it).
if i wait until i take it out tomorrow, it will not have time to dry so it can be painted.
I have put cakes in the fridge that were covered in royal icing for no longer then two days and it was fine... But that was a whole cake covered tho... not sure how decorations would go... but if they are dry and then you put them in the fridge they should be fine...
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:39 am Post subject:
eagerlearner wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
They'll melt due to the moisture in the fridge. Speaking from experiance here.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD Idea.
can you give me details?
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The first time I made RI deco, I kept them in the fridge and they melted. Though, I suppose I did keep them in there for quite a while....(couple of days). I guess if it's just overnight they'd be right and dandy. Well, good luck! and don't forget to post pics! 
i posted the cake (bridal shower ) yesterday. i ended up putting WAY less royal detail than planned (in fact, the cake turned out ENTIRELY different than planned)...anyway, one of the photos (2) has red dot trails on top of dark chocolate fondant. i suppose if they were on top of white fondant, the red MAY have bleed through. i did make sure that it was dry before i put it in. i bet though if you used white royal icing (that dried before putting in the fridge) on fondant it would be fine in small amounts. anyway, i didnt see anything wrong with mine, so i guess i got lucky!
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